Military authorities, on Thursday, acceded to pressure and set free the Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, who was kidnapped from his home in Lagos State on Friday, March 15, 2024.
PUNCH Online can confirm that he was released to some media stakeholders, including Yomi Odunuga of The Nation newspaper and Iyobosa Uwugiaren of Thisday Newspaper in Abuja on Thursday after sustained pressure from the media.
They were required to ensure that they would make Olatunji available if needed again.
The International Press Institute, the Nigeria Guild of Editors, and Olatunji’s employers had in separate statements, criticized his imprisonment, asking authorities to either release the editor or charge him to court.
Remember that Olatunji, a former Kaduna State correspondent of The PUNCH, was kidnapped by men in military uniform from his home in the Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
The IPI, on Wednesday, said it traced Olatunji to the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency.
The DIA is an agency under the command of Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, who reports to the Chief of Defence Staff.
PUNCH Online learned that media stakeholders will address journalists by 11am in Abuja on the development.
